The two heads fell, but the man stood up still looking calm and without any fear.

Wan Jun asked, "Are you Liu Manyi? Who are the Eighteen Arhats?"

I saw this man, with his eyes slightly closed, and said loudly, "If you want to kill me, Liu Manyi, kill me. It's impossible to ask any questions!"

Chang Jian was furious, drew out his long knife, and wanted to kill the man. Several captives stood up around the man, trying to protect him.

Wan Jun waved his hand to stop Chang Jian and sneered, "Now that you've reached this stage, how long can you be arrogant?"

Having said that, Wan Jun ignored these bandits and said to Yang Qingshan, "Let this person wait here. Anyone who dares to make any move will be shot without mercy!"

After Yang Qingshan arranged the troops and horses and guarded the surrounding areas, Wan Jun said, "Call all the brothers down the mountain to come up. We all worked hard last night. Let's have a hot meal here before going back to reward everyone."

On the top of Dadouling Mountain, along the gate of the village, there are many houses built in the camp, especially the main village on the top of the mountain, which is particularly magnificent and magnificent, with richly carved beams and paintings.

There are several huge warehouses behind the main village, which contain food, silks, cottons, weapons, and countless gold and silver.

The soldiers of the Chinese army set up a large pot in the open space, melted snow in the pot, boiled water, and pulled out a lot of meat and grain stored by the bandits in the warehouse. The aroma of cooking filled the air.

These days, the Chinese army has a limited supply of food, and now Wanjun is rewarded with the captured food, even if it is meat boiled in snow and water, he is very excited to eat it.

Wan Jun has been setting an example these days, eating a limited amount of food with the officers and soldiers every day, and has lost a lot of weight. As he eats, he is thinking, this is still as comfortable as captured in a war.

Suddenly Chang Jian came down from the top of the mountain and came to Wan Jun with excitement on his face, "Sir, we have made an important discovery."

Wan Jun had a piece of meat stuffed in his mouth and said vaguely, "What is it?"

Chang Jian smiled and said, "We are rich!"

Leading thousands of troops from an inconspicuous path in the village to the back of the mountain, they saw soldiers guarding a cave covered by gravel. A huge amount of food and countless other materials were stored in the cave. Compared with the warehouses in the main village,

It's like a small witch makes a big witch appear.

Chang Jiandao said, "We are all scrimping on food and clothing for the sake of the people, but these bandits are robbing so many supplies and enjoying the food and drink here. It's really disgusting!"

Wan Jun said happily, "With these seizures, our life will be easier. Zhao Boyuan's hair has turned a lot gray these days because of worrying about money and food."

Nowadays, the Chinese military field is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more soldiers and horses under it. Money and food are needed everywhere, and the army has spent a lot of effort. Nowadays, the Chinese army is mostly hungry people. If you have a full meal, you don't expect anything else.

However, the lack of pay for the army is always a big hidden danger. There is also the cost of developing and manufacturing equipment and firearms.

After leaving the cave, Wan Jun saw a group of soldiers coming down with dozens of women. Many of the women were half-clothed and covered in bruises and bruises.

The soldier reported, "These are the women Liu Manyi robbed, and some of them are his wives and concubines. What should I do with them, sir?"

A woman said, "We are not Liu Manyi's wives and concubines, we are just slaves raised by these people."

Another woman cried, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for the women of the country. We are not bandits."

When this woman cries, the other women start crying too. With your words and my words, Wanjun finally understands.

Liu Manyi claimed to be a descendant of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. He took his five brothers to live here and later sworn 13 brothers of the opposite sex, known as the Eighteen Arhats.

Liu Manyi seemed to be suffering from some illness and could not have normal sexual intercourse, so he was extremely aggressive with the women he snatched.

He is cruel. He usually uses the women he snatches to win people's hearts, and his bandits are loyal to him.

Wan Jun brought several women to identify the prisoners, and soon they recognized Liu Manyi and several of his Arhat brothers. The man who just claimed to be Liu Manyi was just another younger brother, and the real Liu Manyi was hiding behind this man.

Wan Jun said to the bandit who just claimed to be Liu Manyi, "Isn't your name Liu Manyi?"

When the bandit saw Liu Manyi being captured, his expression changed and he said to Wan Jun, "Sir, why do you have to do something so cruel? If you let my brother go, we will swear allegiance to you to the death."

Wan Jun smiled and said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance."

When the man heard this, he said in disbelief, "Sir, are you serious?"

Wan Jun said loudly, "You have all heard it. You want me to let Liu Manyi live and stand up!"

The man looked at Wan Jun in confusion. He didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd. He simply stood up and said loudly, "I, Tian Laoqi, will be the first one."

After saying that, he turned around and shouted to the bandits squatting behind him, "Big brother treats you well on weekdays. Now it's time for you to repay big brother."

Soon, one after another, many bandits stood up. Seeing more and more bandits standing up, the women identified next to them burst into tears, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Sir, we can't let Liu Manyi go, he

He is a lunatic, a murderous devil."

"If you let him go, sir, he will definitely kill us all."

Seeing that no one stood up anymore, Wan Jun shouted, "Come here, bring out all these people who are standing."

After that, he helped the women up and said, "Don't worry."

Wan Jun turned around and said to Yang Qingshan, "These people are Liu Manyi's buddies, pull them all over and kill them!"

The bandit who just called himself Tian Laoqi panicked and said, "Sir, you told us to give us a way out."

Liu Manyi suddenly grabbed Tian Laoqi and said, "Stop talking, he just wants to catch us all."

Immediately, Yang Qingshan pulled Liu Manyi, more than 50 leaders of the Eighteen Arhats, and more than 200 people who had just stood up to save Liu Manyi's life, and pulled them all to the edge of the cliff. The heads of people killed were rolling, and the blood melted the snow.

It turned into a stream of red water, pouring down from the cliff.

Such a move by Wan Jun instantly shocked everyone, and then the prisoners formed a formation of twenty people to carry supplies in the stronghold.

It took thousands of people several days to move the mountains.

Wan Jun led his troops and horses, escorted more than a thousand prisoners, and brought nearly a hundred carts of seized supplies back to Lucheng County in a mighty manner!

Faced with such a huge amount of seizures, Zhao Boyuan couldn't help but be overjoyed. He looked back and forth several times and said, "This Dashiuling is nothing more than a group of bandits. I never expected that my daily savings would be so huge."

Later, Zhao Boyuan kept hinting to Wan Jun, "A big steep mountain contains such a huge amount of money. If we take over all the bandit villages near Lucheng County, how much supplies will we have?"

Wan Jun hadn't thought about it this way, but now he didn't have the energy. "Dadouling attacked the Yi people. We killed him to scare others. If we attack everywhere, the bandits in the distance will retaliate against the people, and we can't save them."

, but it is the people who are harmed.”

Zhao Boyuan did not argue after hearing this, "This can finally solve our army's urgent need."

Nowadays, there are more than 10,000 troops with military uniforms, food, muskets, cannons, gunpowder, iron materials, craftsmen, and migrant workers. There is no need for money and food everywhere. It is still a pleasure to lead the army to war!

Wan Jun knew that logistics support work was not easy, so he took Zhao Boyuan to sit down and said, "Tell me about the most difficult issues today, and we will figure out how to solve them one by one."

Zhao Boyuan said, "

If you want me to vomit my bitterness, I will say so. First, firearms consume the most money. A musket costs 2 taels of silver per shot, a rocket launcher costs 7 taels of silver, and ten grenades cost 1 tael of silver. Last month, it cost 1 tael.

Two thousand eight hundred taels of silver. The second is wages for labor, transportation, forging iron, and clothing. Last month's monthly payment was seven hundred taels. The third is food. Our army is now tightening its belt to support Xichuan and sending Dan

Feng's food has decreased a lot. Zhang Wuyang said several times that Danfeng needs food to appease people. The fourth is clothing. The weather is cold, and people have frozen to death in some places. Sir, what should I do?"

Wan Jun said, "Do firearms already cost so much?"

Zhao Boyuan said, "I'm afraid there will be more orders next month. Now the scale and speed of firearms manufacturing are increasing. In order to make more money, these craftsmen are recruiting apprentices everywhere to expand production. After a while, I'm afraid the place in Wulipu will be full of people."

I can’t pretend anymore.”

Wan Jun said happily, "That's very good, but we need to change the current rules."

Zhao Boyuan said, "It's time to change it, but how to change it?"

Wan Jun thought for a while and said, "We can no longer pay for goods and labor. I plan to turn all the existing firearms manufacturing shops in Wulipu into firearms manufacturing companies, and let Nian Liming and others be the general managers of the company.

, they produce firearms and sell them to us, and they pay for the recruitment of workers themselves.”

Zhao Boyuan thought for a while and said, "This is a good idea. In the past, the Ming Dynasty also bought guns and cannons from merchants."

Wan Jun said, "Well, we need to make more use of the power of private merchants, and also cultivate our own commercial power controlled by the Huaxia Army. The military uniform manufacturing factory can no longer pay wages from us, so Xie Xiaoni can set up a weaving company, recruit workers and

The payment of labor is up to them. They can also set up state-owned supply and marketing companies controlled by us for grain, iron, gunpowder, salt, and cloth."

The gloom on Zhao Boyuan's face disappeared a lot, and he said happily, "Sir, this method is good. Without the burden of recruiting workers, we can feel much more relaxed."

Wan Jun said, "You do as I say. Once these companies are established, you will save a lot of worry. Before next spring, we will distribute the wasteland in the county to the people. In just one year, Lucheng

The people can be restored near the county."

Li Youfu walked in and said, "Sir, Gui Dongliang and Wang Lihui are here."

Wan Jun waved his hands and said, "Let them come in."

Then he turned to Zhao Boyuan and said, "Bo Yuan, things here have come to an end. Things in the north can't be delayed any longer. I will leave for Danfeng in three days. You will be responsible for everything here."

Zhao Boyuan heard Wan Jun say that he was going to Danfeng many times, but he was about to leave suddenly. He was a little surprised for a moment, "Why are you going to Danfeng so soon? Things have just improved in Lucheng County?"

Wan Jun said, "It has been delayed for a long time. No matter how late it is in the north, it will be too late. Our army has to fight the enemy on the Danfeng Shangzhou front line. It will be dangerous if we fail to defeat Lucheng!"

Zhao Boyuan said, "Hu people are really that fast?"

Wan Jun sighed, "I'm afraid it will be faster than we thought. I'll leave the matter to you."

Zhao Boyuan nodded, "Don't worry, sir."

Gui Dongliang and Wang Lihui walked in. Wan Jun invited them to sit down and said to Zhao Boyuan, "The materials captured this time are divided into four parts. Two parts are kept in the Lucheng warehouse, the remaining one is sent to Xichuan, and the other is sent to Zhao Boyuan."

Danfeng, now that we’ve finished talking about things here, go make arrangements quickly!”

Zhao Boyuan accepted the order and retreated. Wan Jun asked people to make tea for Gui Dongliang and Wang Lihui, and then asked Li Youfu to withdraw.
Chapter completed!